Doliops sklodowskii, Barševskis, 2013

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2013, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Doliops Waterhouse, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 13 (2), pp. 73-89 : 81-83

Doliops sklodowskii sp. n.

( Fig. 3D, K )

Type material. Holotype: Male. Philippines: N Luzon, Sierra Madre, Isabela, 08.2013, local collector leg.

Description. Body black, shiny, without metallic luster. Surface with pink and orange spots, emarginated with yellow and greenish scales. Length: 13.0 mm, Width: 4.7 mm.

Head with a longitudinal band of pale pink and greenish scales between eyes and antennal bases. Cheeks under the eyes with vertical greenish spots. Labrum covered with numerous setae. Head black, finely punctate and shiny. Three basal segments of antennae black, shiny and pubescent, without metallic luster. Fourth antennomere testaceous, with white pubescence, but remaining segments testaceous and tomentose. Pronotum convex, black and shiny, laterally with greenish and orange scales, emarginated with narrow linear greenish scales. Disc of pronotum smooth, without scales. Scutellum rounded and tomentose apically. Elytra convex, black and shiny, with transverse wide bandforming spots. Two small circular spots are located basally on either side of scutellum. Remaining three transverse bandforming spots are wide, orange, emarginated with narrow, linear, yellow and greenish scales. Between spots there are black smooth transverse areas. Width of elytra at shoulders: 4.4 mm. Largest width of elytra behind the middle: 4.7 mm. Elytra finely punctate. In basal part with sparse and coarse punctuation and tomentose. Meso, meta-epimera and sternites with lateral spots. Femora with greenish apical spots and more or less tomentose. Surface of tarsomeres covered with grey tomentum. Tibia and tarsi apically covered with numerous setae.

Aedeagus ( Fig. 4B ).

Differential diagnosis. This new species differs from the other species by the characteristic pattern of the body surface and is similar to D. metallica Breuning, 1938 ( Fig. 3C ), however, the form of the pronotal disc, the shape of the pre-scutellar spots on the elytra and the form of genitalia are different.

Mimicry. At present we have no data about the mimicry of this species. Probably, this species mimics Pachyrrhynchus orbifer Waterh. ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( Fig. 5D )

Etymology. This species is named after my colleague and friend, the Polish carabidologist Jaroslaw Sklodowski (Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( SGGW), Warsaw, Poland) in appreciation of cooperation.

Figures

Fig. 3. A, I - Doliops helleri Vives; B, J - D. savenkovi sp. n.; C - D. metallica Breuning; D, K - D. sklodowskii sp. n.; E - D. dupaxi Vives; F, L - D. stradinsi sp. n.; G, M - D. valainisi sp. n.; H, N - D. vivesi sp. n.

Fig. 4. Aedeagus: A - D. anichtchenkoi sp. n.; B - D. sklodowskii sp. n.; C - D. curculionoides Waterhouse; D - D. metallica Breuning; E - D. duodecimpunctata Heller; F – D. savenkovi sp. n.; G - D. shavrini sp. n.; H - D. stradinsi sp. n.; I - D. valainisi sp. n.; J - D. dupaxi Vives.

Fig.5. Mimicry:A - Doliops savenkovi sp. n.; B -D. sklodowskii sp. n.; C - D. metallica Breuning; D - Pachyrrhynchus orbifer Waterhouse; E - D. stradinsi sp. n.; F -P. argus Pascoe; G - D. anichtchenkoi sp. n.; H – P. erichsoni Waterhouse; I - D. vivesi sp. n.; J – P. modestior Behrens; K - D. valainisi sp. n.; L - Pachyrrhynchus sp.